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Pacing Bengals Stats After 4 Games

October 2, 2017 Nate Mallon Leave a Comment

The Bengals have finished the first quarter of the regular season with a 1-3 record after struggling offensively during the first few games against the Ravens and Texans, but after making a change at offensive coordinator from Ken Zampese to Bill Lazor, the offense has played much better the past 2 games against the Packers and Browns.

Below are player stats after 4 games and the pace they are currently on for the season.

Andy Dalton has currently thrown for 892 yards, 6 TD’s and 4 INT’s while completing over 66% of his passes, he has also been sacked 14 times through 4 games. Dalton is currently on pace to finish the season with 3,568 yards, 24 TD’s and 16 INT’s. Let’s hope the Bengals offensive line shows improvement with regards to pass protection as they are on pace to give up 56 sacks this season, that would be 15 more than they allowed in 2016.

The Bengals have 3 running backs with more than 80 yards rushing. Joe Mixon leads the team with 136 yards rushing on 52 carries, Giovani Bernard has 89 yards on 18 carries and Jeremy Hill rounds out the trio with 82 yards on 25 attempts. Mixon is on pace to finish the season with 544 yards rushing on 208 carries but I expect to see improvement on his current average of 2.6 yards per carry. Bernard is on pace to finish with 356 yards on 72 carries and Hill is on pace to finish with 332 yards on 100 attempts. Bernard also has 8 receptions for 134 yards along with 2 receiving TD’s and Mixon has 11 receptions for another 78 yards.

The best offensive player on the team is without a doubt WR A.J. Green. Green currently leads the team 25 receptions for 315 yards receiving and 2 TD’s which would put him on pace to finish the season with 100 receptions, 1,260 yards and 8 TD’s. Bernard and Mixon are the 2nd and 4th leading receivers on the team at the moment but TE Tyler Kroft has displayed a Tyler Eifert-like presence at times and has 10 receptions, 101 yards and 2 TD’s. Brandon Lafell has also had 10 catches for 76 yards.

When it comes to the defense 2nd year LB Nick Vigil is currently leading the Bengals with 34 tackles, he also has 1 sack and 1 INT. The Bengals pass rush has shown improvement this season so far and veteran DT Geno Atkins has 3 of the teams 12 sacks so far. Rookie LB Carl Lawson has 2.5 sacks and has shown the ability to provide consistent pressure on opposing QB’s when on the field. CB Darqueze Dennard also has 2 sacks and backup DE Chris Smith who the Bengals traded for in the offseason from the Jacksonville Jaguars has 1.5 QB sacks.

The Green-o-meter Update ~ 9 Down, 7 To Go

November 19, 2016 Nate Mallon Leave a Comment

So most Bengals fans are aware of the fact that WR A.J. Green is having a career year thus far in 2016 and is on pace to shatter a few Bengals single season records for both receptions and receiving yards. Green is also in the ball park for the NFL single season record for receiving yards in a season.

We will make weekly updates to the Green-o-meter each week from here on out to track Greens projected progress for these records.

Bengals single season reception record: 112 – T.J. Houshmandzadeh (2007)

Bengals single season receiving yards record: 1,440 – Chad Johnson (2007)

NFL single season reception record: 143 – Marvin Harrison (IND – 2002)

NFL single season receiving yards record: 1,964 – Calvin Johnson (DET – 2012)

A.J. Greens current stats: 66 receptions, 964 receiving yards, 4 TD’s

A.J. Greens projected 2016 stats based on current pace aka THE GREEN-O-METER: 117 receptions, 1,714 yards, 7 TD’s

Cincinnati Bengals / New York Giants – Week 10 Recap

November 15, 2016 Nate Mallon 1 Comment

The Cincinnati Bengals missed a golden opportunity on Monday night. What could have been a huge, momentum-building victory to start the second half of the season turned into a deflating 21-20 loss to the New York Giants. What went right, and what went wrong? Bengals blog boys Nathan and Chris give their post game thoughts.

Chris: I was so excited about Tyler Eifert’s potential impact on the game. And when he caught the 71-yard pass on the first drive, I thought New York would have trouble containing the Bengals’ passing game all night. But the offense petered out after that, along with my confidence.

Dalton only went for 204 yards – paltry by his standards. No receiver broke 100 yards, and that was the key to the Giants’ win. They took away the strength of the Bengals’ offense. The rushing attack, while improved, hasn’t emerged as enough of a consistent threat to pick up the slack.

Nate: Watching this game was rather frustrating. The Bengals showed flashes of being a good team but mostly looked like a disinterest and unprepared group as the Giants gave them every opportunity to come out victorious.

The flashes: 1). Daltons 71 yard hookup with Tyler Eifert on the Bengals opening drive which ended in a 13 yard A.J. Green TD reception. 2). Dre Kirkpatrick made a nice INT that gave the Bengals great field position inside the Giants 10 yard line, they came away with only 3 points. And 3). Alex Erickson started the 2nd half with an 84 yard kickoff return which lead to Jeremy Hill running one in for TD which gave the Bengals a 17-14 lead early in the 3rd quarter.

The rest of the game was filled with things like the team going 2 for 11 on 3rd downs, terrible clock management with over a minute to go and a time out remaining, poor pass protection for Dalton, and allowing the leagues worst rushing attack to go for 122 yards on 27 attempts (4.5 ypa), not what Bengals fans hoped to see coming off a bye week.

The Green-o-meter

November 14, 2016 Nate Mallon Leave a Comment

We will make weekly updates to the Green-o-meter each week from here on out to track Greens projected progress for these records.

Bengals single season reception record: 112 – T.J. Houshmandzadeh (2007)

Bengals single season receiving yards record: 1,440 – Chad Johnson (2007)

NFL single season reception record: 143 – Marvin Harrison (IND – 2002)

NFL single season receiving yards record: 1,964 – Calvin Johnson (DET – 2012)

A.J. Greens current stats: 59 receptions, 896 receiving yards, 3 TD’s

A.J. Greens projected 2016 stats based on current pace aka THE GREEN-O-METER: 118-1,792-6

Cincinnati Bengals Midseason MVPs – Offense

November 4, 2016 admin Leave a Comment

The stars have aligned, dear readers. With the Cincinnati Bengals having a bye this week right in the middle of the season, it’s the perfect time to make our midseason picks for team MVPs. We’ll start with the offense. Blog creator Nate and writer Chris give their takes on who’s played the best on the Cincinnati Bengals’ O.

Cincinnati Bengals MVPs – Offense

Chris: This was a real back-and-forth decision for me. Ultimately, though, I’m picking Andy Dalton over A.J. Green. They’ve both played fantastically. But Dalton gets the nod because he’s balled out while captaining the ship. He’s thrown for 2,349 yards (4th in the NFL) and has a 98.0 QBR while being sacked 25 times. He has eaten the turf more than anyone not named Andrew Luck. Yes, he’s only tossed 9 touchdowns. But that’s par for the course when you have no Tyler Eifert to give you options down the middle. Now that Eifert is back and the running game is starting to gel, that will take pressure off Dalton – which will really allow him to shine.

Nate: This one was a no-brainer for me. While I’ve been impressed with how Andy Dalton has played during the first 8 games of the season for the most part (he has performed close to the way he did last season with less talent around him) I have to go with A.J. Green here. The 5-time Pro-Bowler has taken his game to another level and I believe that he is the best wide receiver in the NFL right now at this very moment. After 8 weeks Green leads the NFL in receptions (59) and receiving yards (896), he is on pace to finish the season with 118 catches for 1,792 yards and 6 TD’s at the moment. If he stays on that pace he would also surpass previous Bengals records for receptions and yards in a season. Earlier this week retired Bengals great Chad Johnson made it clear that he felt that Green is the greatest receiver in Bengals history and I think I agree with him.